'Barbecue' definitions:

Definition of 'barbecue'

noun

Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce [syn: barbecue, barbeque]

noun

A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn: barbecue, barbeque]

noun

A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors [syn: barbecue, barbeque]

verb

Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" [syn: barbeque, barbecue, cook out]

From: GCIDE

Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language of the (Arawak or Taino) Indians of Guiana, barbacoa a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]
1. a framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is cooked, usually outdoors; -- also called a {barbecue grill}. [PJC]
2. A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue grill. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried. [1913 Webster]
4. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbecued; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbecuing.]
1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. [1913 Webster]
They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. --Stedman. [1913 Webster]
2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. [1913 Webster]
Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope. [1913 Webster]